May 23-24, 2002

ITEM
115-1003-R0502††††††††††††††† Authorization
to Implement Super Tuition, School of Business Administration; The University
of Montana-Missoula

THAT:††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††The
University of Montana-Missoula proposes the implementation of super tuition to
support technology-enriched curriculum of the School of Business Administration
(SOBA).†

EXPLANATION:††††††††††††††††††††††
SOBA proposes to charge
super tuition to juniors, seniors, and on-campus graduate students majoring in
Business.† All upper-division business
students taking seven credits or more will pay an additional $250 per semester;
those students taking fewer than seven credits will pay an additional $150 per
semester.† Graduate students will
continue to use the current admissions process for the MBA or MAcct
programs.† SOBA will allow only junior-
and senior-level undergraduate students with a declared major in Business to
take upper-division (300- and 400- level) Business courses.†

The cost of the business program
remains high because of the technology incorporated into the Gallagher Business
Building and higher salaries paid to business faculty members due to market
demand.† Super tuition will help offset
these additional costs.

Much of UM-Mís business graduatesí
success on a national level results from the technology-enriched learning
environment of the Gallagher Business Building.† SOBAís mission includes a commitment to excellence in providing
innovative experiential learning.† The
Gallagher Business Building, with over $2 million worth of information
technology, provides the framework to achieve this mission.†

The SOBA Technology Support Team
provides training and support to students and faculty to utilize the technology
available in the Gallagher Business Building.†
SOBA has done so without any additional sources of central funding since
1996.† The SOBA instructional budget,
private and corporate support, revenue from fees for service, and funds from
the Student Computer Usage and Instructional Fees currently fund operations.† This funding stream can no longer adequately
sustain the $2 million worth of technology in the Gallagher Business Building
and the growing business student enrollment.

The funds from the super tuition,
combined with the other sources, will:†
1) enable SOBA to maintain a cutting-edge learning environment; 2) free
funding currently used to support technology from the SOBA instructional budget
to support instruction; and 3) assist SOBA during the AACSB Accreditation
process.

The attachment provides the
rationale and data.

ATTACHMENT:†††††††††††††††††††††††† The
University of Montana School of Business Administration Super Tuition Proposal.